Allianz: Commodity Demand Poses Risk to Supply Chains
Business risks are currently primarily digital, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2022.
Allianz: Commodity Demand Poses Risk to Supply Chains
Eric Hendrich
Technology Metals for a Look Into the Cosmic Delivery Room
Technology Metals for a Look Into the Cosmic Delivery Room
The James Webb Telescope is to provide deeper insights into the history of the formation of space. After numerous delays, the high-tech telescope set off on its mission at Christmas. Technology metals such as indium and tellurium played an important role in its construction.
Mission: Independence From Imported Raw Materials. Matamulas (Spain)
Mission: Independence From Imported Raw Materials. Matamulas (Spain)
The dependence on imports of rare earth elements from China will increase further as a result of the planned phase-out of combustion engine technology and the expansion of renewable energies. New raw material deposits are therefore being sought. In this series, rawmaterials.net presents promising candidates. This time we go to the south, to the Iberian Peninsula.
The Year of Critical Supply Chains – Rawmaterials.net Review 2021
The Year of Critical Supply Chains – Rawmaterials.net Review 2021
This year, perhaps more than ever before, the complexity and vulnerability of global flows of raw materials and goods have been brought to the attention of a broad public. The same applies to the strong dependence on Asia, especially on China. The envisaged energy transition also raises awareness of the fact that this dependency will increase in the future.
China Rare Earth Group Established
China Rare Earth Group Established
State gains more control over critical raw materials. Further mergers are possible.
Japan Aims to Strictly Regulate Access to Its Own Rare Earth Deposits
Japan Aims to Strictly Regulate Access to Its Own Rare Earth Deposits
Only state-selected companies are to be allowed to participate in the extraction of critical raw materials in Japanese waters.